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- Aquatic animal health certificates by country
Program: Animals
- This page describes aquatic animal health export certification requirements for New Zealand
Program: Animals
- This page describes aquatic animal health export certification requirements for Malaysia
Program: Animals
- This page describes aquatic animal health export certification requirements for Vietnam.
Program: Animals
- Apply for a Movement Permit to a Closed Premises (CFIA/ACIA 5749) to receive wild molluscs that are harvested directly from the natural waterways of Canada, or to receive cultured molluscs and the disease…
Program: Animals
- Reportable diseases, as outlined in the Health of Animals Act and Reportable Diseases Regulations are diseases of significant importance to aquatic animal health and to the Canadian economy.
Program: Animals
- The Canadian seed certification system relies on accredited industry personnel and laboratories to perform various activities that result in traceable information being generated for official seed…
Program: Plants
- The CFIA updates Canada's health status at the national and regional levels as mandatory notifications of disease are received and confirmed.
Program: Animals
- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) variety verification program evaluates the effectiveness of Canada's seed certification system and confirms the description of a variety when it is…
Program: Plants
- Regulations, definitions and labelling, advertising, sale, and import of seed.
Program: Plants